Press for preparing fomentations.



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. M. sum1. PRESS FOR PREPABING FOMENTATIONS.

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PRESS FDR PREPABING FOMENTATIONS.

(Application led Jne 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNiTnaD STATES PATENT Trice.

MARY JORDAN SMITH, OF NEWr YORK, N. Y.

PRESS FOR PREPARING FOMENTATIONS.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,200, dated Octoberl?, 1899.

Application filed June l0, 1899. Serial No. 720,101. (No model.) i

To LU whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MARY J oRDAN SMITH, of the city of New York, boroughof Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand Improved Press for Preparing Fomentations, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a press for extracting surplusliquid from flannels or other fabric adapted 'to be used as bandages forfomentations and to provide an article of this character that Will belight, simple, economic, and durable.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the press that thehot surplus liquid may be quickly and conveniently eX- pressed orsqueezed from the bandage and the bandage in its pressed state carriedfrom the press to the bedside or retained in the press until requiredfor use, thereby preventing loss of heat, or the operation of pressingmay be performed at the bedside of the patient.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple `and effectivemeans for withdrawing a plunger and carrying it4 to one side above thebandage-receiving chamber, thus exposing the entire receivingchamber andpermitting a ready and quick removal of the bandage from the device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a press for preparingfomentations so constructed as to keep the hands of -the operator ont ofcont-act With the Water or other liquid, as such contact is oftendisadvantageous, especially when the bandage is medicated, Which isfrequently the case. Y

Another object of theinvention is to so construct the press that it Willbe in the nature of a Wringer, since a bandage placed therein andoperated upon will be freed from surplus liquid and yet will retainsufficient moisture to gain tlie results desired from ahot fomentation.

The invention consists in the novel conf struction and combination ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved device,'the plungerbeing in posi-l tion for operation. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the deviceas it appears in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an exterior View of the device,illustrating the plunger as having been carried out of the cup orreceiving-chamber and taken to one side to uncover the chamber. Fig. etis a horizontal section taken practically on the line 4 4t of Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is an end View of a modified forni of the plunger, and Fig. 6 isa side elevation of the same.

The body A of the device is practically a cup and may be given anydesired shape. Usually, however, itis rectangular, as shown,

.and the said body A is provided with a suitable base 1l, adapted torest firmly upon a table or other support. The bottom of the body A isprovided either with a series of perforations 10 or is of grateformation, so that the liquid pressed from abandage may readily flow outfrom the body A into any suitable receptacle-a -tray, for example-inWhich the device may be placed.

A standard 12 is located at one end of the base A, and this standardextends any desired distance above the top of the base, as shown inFig. 1. The said standard 12 is provided at the top With a horizontalprojection 13, that is carried in direction of the body A, and

this projection 13 maybe integral with thesaid standard 12, but ispreferably attached thereto through the medium of a screnT 14 or itsequivalent. The'standard 12 is provided with a horizontal sectionadjacent to the top of the body A, and a swing-frame B is pivotedin thesaid horizontal section of .the standard 12 and in the projection 13.The said frame consists of a post 15, having a trunnion 16 at one endjournaled in the horizontal portion of the upright or standard 12, and atrunnion 17, that is journaled in the projection 13. The

said post is further provided at its upper portion with a double knuckle18, and beneath the knuckle a horizontal arm 19 is made in- IOO verticalsleeve or socket 21 is formed at the front end of the arm 19, and aprojection 22 is formed at the bottom of said sleeve or socket 21. Thisprojection 22 is adapted as a sup port for a spring-actuated latch 23.This latch is adapted to engage with teeth 25, formed upon thesidesurface of a plungerstem 24, which stem 211 is screwed or otherwiseattached to a boss c, formed upon the upper central portion of a plungerC. The plunger C conforms to the interior contour of the body A and isadapted to move freely therein, and the teeth 25 are provided withhorizontal upper faces and with inclined side surfaces, as shown in Fig.6.

The upper end of the plunger rod or stem 24 is bifurcated, as shown at26 in the drawings, and a lever 27 is passed between the members of thebifurcated portion of the plunger-rod, the said lever being made toenter the double knuckle 18 of the swing-frame B and is pivotallyattached to said knuckle byasuitable pin 27". The lever is provided witha longitudinal slot 28 where it passes through the plunger-rod, and apin 29 extends through the bifurcated portion of the plunger-rod andlikewise through the slot 28 in the lever, as is clearly shown in Fig.1.

In operation the lever 27 is carried upward, and the plunger C is thuscarried out of the body to a point above it, whereupon the lever and theswing-frame B are carried to one side of the body suiciently topractically entirely uncover the body. The hot bandage for thefomentation is now placed in the bottom of the body and the lever andswing-arm B are brought over the body. The lever 27 is then carrieddownward, causing the plunger C to descend, and as the plunger descendsthe spring or thumb latch 23 will slip by the teeth 25. lVhen theplunger has been carried downward suiiiciently and has forced out allthe surplus fluid from the bandage, it will be held in this position bythe latch 23 engaging with the most convenient tooth 25 on theplunger-rod. The entire device may now be carried to the bedside and thepatient prepared to receive the application. The

thumb-latch 23 may then be quickly released from the plunger-rod and thelever 27 carried upward and swung outward, enabling the operator toquickly take the bandage from the device and apply it to the patient,the bandage having been kept hot and in proper condition by beingretained in the device until required, not having been exposed to theair'.

In Figs. 5 and G I have illustrated a plunger C, that is provided with abottom layer or cushion 31, of rubber or other yielding material, andwhen this material is used thev Patent- 1. The combination of thereceptacle or chamber, the plunger movable therein, the swing-framepivoted to the receptacle and carrying said plunger, and theoperating-lever connected with the plunger and fulcrumed upon theswing-frame at a distance from the pivot of said frame.

2. In a device for preparing fomentations, the combination, with ahollow body having perforations in its bottom, and a standard eX-tending upward from the said body, a frame mounted to swing in the saidstandard, said frame being provided with a guide-sleeve and a latch, ofa plunger mounted to slide in the body to and from its perforatedsurface, a rod attached to the plunger having teeth formed thereonadapted to be engaged by said latch, said rod being passed through theguidesleeve of the swing-frame, and a lever pivoted to the swing-frame,said lever being provided with a slot between its ends, and a pin passedthrough the plunger-rod and the slot in the said lever, for the purposedescribed.

y MARY JORDAN sMITII.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM B. SMITH, J. FRED. ACKER.

